For the 45th time in a row, "Money" walked away from the canvas as a winner, this time defeating Saul "Canelo" Alvarez via majority decision, 114-114, 116-112, 117-111.

Money, who continues to entrench himself as one of the best boxers in the history of the sport, is now 45-0, while the 23-year-old Alvarez drops to 42-1-1 with the first loss of his career.

Alvarez, an offensive machine, was supposed to give Mayweather one of the biggest tests of his life. But in the end, "The One," despite sky-high hype and anticipation, turned into another clinical display of defense and speed from Money.

It was a vintage, mastery performance from Mayweather against a man 13 years younger, and if he looks even half as sharp down the stretch of his career, a loss is certainly not in his future.

The first few rounds were tentative. Canelo seemed intent on showing patience and picking out his shots, but that played right into Money's style. Although the challenger was able to land some hooks and combinations here and there, Mayweather looked as swift and as elusive as ever, sitting back and picking out Canelo with jabs and counterpunches.

The draw ruling from judge C.J. Ross came as a surprise to many.

C.J. Ross' incomprehensible 114-114 score is just the second time in Mayweather's career a judge's scorecard hasn't been in his favor.

But while Canelo showed zero fear of the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, it meant very little in the end. Mayweather's exquisite timing and control of the distance were simply on another level, leaving Canelo unable to get anything going.

Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel summed up Mayweather's relaxed attitude, which was indicative of the nature of the entire fight:

Five rounds in and Mayweather does not look at all concerned about Canelo. Taunting and toying with him.

With the fight easily in hand, Mayweather coasted in the final rounds of a dominant evening and filed away yet another Hall of Fame performance against a really good opponent who was simply out-classed on every level.